Quote Originally Posted by Mark O'Neill View Post
What chance that the FBI could evolve into having some roles like those of the Australian Federal Police? Our AFP has evolved a hell of a long way in a hurry to get where it is today - given the resources that the US can muster , surely you could do something similar? (unless there are some domestic political reasons that as an Aussie I am unaware of).

We talked about that but the problem is that such a force would not be deployable. If deploying police advisers and trainers leaves something in the homeland unprotected, it's unlikely to happen.

There would also be opposition based on historical/cultural reasons. We are still burdened by the attitude that it is OUR government which poses the greatest threat to the citizens. The fact that the FBI did abuse citizens' rights for a long period of time wouldn't help the case.